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F. A. FERHIS. ORDERV FILLING COUNTER. APPLICATION FILED AUB. 26, I92I.

1,42 1,679, Patented July 4, 1922'.

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FLOYD A.. FERRES, O DALLAS, TEXAS.

ORDER-FILLING COUBVIEXR.V

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Speciicaiion of Letters Patent.

Patented July d, 1922.

Application inea aug-ast ae, 1921. sei-iai no. 495,574.

To @ZZ inkom t may concern.'

it known that I, 'FLOYD fr. LF`nnn`n-t` a citizen ot the United States, residing at allas, in the county of Dallas and State'oi Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Orderlilling Counters, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates te new and 'useful improvements in order lilling counters.

In preparing orders for merchandise consisting oft numerous articles, it is customary in mercantile establishments to collect the variousarticles and deliver the saine to a clerk who packs them for. shipment. It is necessary to segregate the articles ole one order from those of another, and as considerable delay is sometimes had in completing the order, owing to difficulty in procuring or locating `one 'or more articles, confusion and displacement ot the articles ot the various orders often results while the saine are heilig held on 4the packers table awaiting completion. It is necessary to check and re-'cl'iet the orders to seethat each is complete, 'and veven after this is done, articles ol" one order frequently get mixed with those of another.

The object oi my invention is to provide means 'for positively and accurately segregati'ng the articles ot one order trom those of Others, and topreclude the possibility ot the articles ot the various orders becoming mixed. A further object ot the invention is Lto provide aseparate compartment for each order, arranged in'such a manner as to adequately separate its articles from those of other orders.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the packing clerk is informed when the order is complete and ready for packing, so that he need not waste time in checking over orders 'for ascertaining whether they are ready 'for packing. Another object ot' the invention is to provide means for informing the shipping clerk that the order has been filled and is ready to be shipped by him.

In carrying out the invention a plurality of compartments are arranged so that each is adequately separated 'from the others. Each compartment is provided with closures on opposite sides, connected so that when one is open the other is closed and vice versa.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described to- Fig. 3 is a detail showing one of the pul- 1 g tis an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line ft-r oit Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal cross-sectional yview on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

.In the drawings the numeral 10 designates a counter or other support 'Forming the base tor the compartments, which should be set at Va lconv'enieiit height tor those working` with the same. Qn top of the counter or a support 10 I form a pluralit)v oit compartments or bins 11.

It is to be uneerstood that the bins may be formed in any suitable manner, but I have found a satisfactory construction to be described and illustrated herein', however the invention is ynot to be limite-:l to the same. Along ea'ch side I mount a Hat top rail 12. The rails are. 'sup-ported on each side 4oi" the structure by uprights 13, each of which has a vertical facing strip 14 at its Lliront edge. Each facing strip is wide lenough to overlap the upright and, co-acting with a vertical guide strip 14s `disposed inwardly 'ot the upright, forms a guideway 15. The guideways 15 on one side of the structure receive sashes 1G and each pair of guideways on the other side receive a sash 17. Centrally over each sash a pulley 18 is mounted in a slot 19 as is illustrated in detail in Fig, 3. The sashes on opposite sides are connected by a fiexible cable or other connection 20, which passes over the pulleys and is attached to the top end o't the sashes. The cable 20 in each instance is of' such length as to hold one sash 16 elevated while the opposite sash 17 is at its normal position, and whereby when the sash 16 is pulled down the sash 17 will be elevated.

I prefer to mount in each sash a panel 21 ot wire fabric or other material. This particular material has the advantage ol being ot light weight and unobstructive to light.

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The compartments are separated by crosspartitions which extend between the uprights 13 and comprise a bottom bar Q2 connected with a top bar 23 by a panel 24: of wire fabric or other material.V lt is to be understood, however, that the partitions may he made ot any suitable material.

tion. "At the top oi Veach sash a suitable clip or holder 26 Vis provided which may be employed to secure the sheets ol paper on which the order is written. This is not an essential feature but can be used' to advantage. The compartments imn'lediately above the sashes are shown to be open, when the sash is lowered, but it is within the scope oi'V the invention to cover the same. I

ln using the counter the sashes 16 are raised vwhereby the sashes i7 -are lowered.

l The sashes 17 are on the packers aisle and aslongras they remained closed the packer is informed that ythe orders are not ready to be packed. The order clerks place .the articles comprising the Various orders in the different compartments ll, a separate conil partment being selected Vfor each order. lWhen an order has been lilled. the order vclerk attaches the order by the clip 26 and goes about his work. The shipping clerk sees the order sheet held by the clip, and is thus informed that the order is filled and ready 'for checking. The shipping` clerk checksthe order, signs the same, and then pulls Vdown the sash 16. When the sash lli is pulled down, the sash 17 vis raised and the packer is, therefore, notified immediately that the order is ready to be packed. rhis makes a great saving of time and the packer does not have tov bother with any compartment until the sash l? is raised. The order clerk does not have to' wait 'tor the ship-V pingclerl; to check the order and the shipping clerk does not have to wait for the order clerk to lill the order. By this system there is no chance iorthe articles of one order becoming mixed with those of another order, as the packer packs only the article.. vfrom one order at a time. It' the order clerk places the articles in the proper bin, there can be no mistakes. Y

lVhat I claim, is:Y

l. ln a device of the character described, an elongated counter, uprights mounted on each side ot the counter, transverse partitions extending from the uprights on one side ot' the counter to uprights on the Vopposite side of the counter, sashesslidable between the uprights, pulleys disposed be- Y `accessible 'front the opposite sides ci' the counter, a pair of sashes vertically slidably mounted within the openings upon the opposite sick-)soil each compartment and adapted to 'cover and uncover said openings, guide means suiniortedabove such openings,and a cableengaging the guide means and con-V nect-ed. with the sashes in each pair in a manl ner whereby the weight of one sash isem-V ployed to counterbalance lthefother sash, and when one sash is in the lower-most 'position the other sash is in the uppermost position.

In testimony whereof l aiiix my signature.

FLorD QA.' resins. 

